Consumer Defensive
Flowers Foods, Inc.(FLO)
Live Price
Offline$7.78
+6.14% today
1Y Change
-51.60%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.83B
- Revenue Growth
- +3.0%
- EPS Growth
- -66.1%
- Dividend Yield
- 11.5%
Coverage: 244 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $1.83B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $7.78 and down 51.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 15, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +3.0%, EPS growth of -66.1%, a dividend yield of 11.5%. What stands out right now is revenue +3.0%, EPS -66.1%, free cash flow +13.7% with operating margin 6.0% and ROIC 6.2%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 11.5%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 21.7 and price/sales 0.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines FLO price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+3.0% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+6.0% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
21.7 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
2026 was reported on May 21, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +8.2% and a revenue surprise of -0.5%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +3.0% and EPS is at -66.1%, with operating margin around 6.0%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 21, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.5% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 21, 2026 | +8.2% | +13.3% | +9.0% | โ |
2026 Feb 12, 2026 | +37.5% | -8.7% | -11.3% | -22.6% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.9% | -2.2% | -7.5% |
Benchmark Edge
FLO vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
FLO Max Drawdown
-58.17%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for FLO and SPY.
Company Overview
Flowers Foods, Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery products in the United States. It offers fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake brand names. The company distributes its products through a direct-store-delivery distribution and a warehouse delivery system, as well as operates 46 bakeries comprising 44 owned and two leased. Its customers include mass merchandisers, supermarkets and other retailers, convenience stores, national and regional restaurants, quick-serve chains, retail in-store bakeries, foodservice distributors, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores, and vending companies. The company was formerly known as Flowers Industries and changed its name to Flowers Foods, Inc. in 2001. Flowers Foods, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
- Leadership
- A. Ryals McMullian Jr.
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 10.2k
- Street Address
- 1919 Flowers Circle
- Mailing
- Thomasville, GA, 31757
- Region
- Thomasville, GA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 229 226 9110
- Last Updated
- Apr 29, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 21.7
- EV/EBITDA
- 11.7
- Price/Sales
- 0.3
- Price/Book
- 1.4
Growth
- Revenue
- +3.0%
- EPS
- -66.1%
- Free Cash Flow
- +13.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 48.1%
- Operating Margin
- 6.0%
- Net Margin
- 1.6%
- ROE
- 6.0%
- ROIC
- 6.2%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.79
- Current Ratio
- 0.75
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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